Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-06
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DAa OLA CONVERSATIONS
Pensions granted: W. Alderman,
LAilmore q. A. Siddons, He moea; E.
J.. G .rrison, CLARK.
Col. B. f. Compiled, of Sioux F lie,
ls to be Dakuta's representative In the
Grand Army council of administration
for next year.
Contractor Treet expects to have the
grade OF the Cherokee add Dakota rail
road completed to Sioux Falls by the
10Th of the present month.
The Gam Vsiley Sentinel has made
its last appearance. and will this week
be merged nto the Jerault County Mes
senger. published by o. P. Hull.
The county commissioners of Brook
lngs county are n st seion, and among
other important business they will re-
port on the exsmipatlon of the county
treasnrer's books for the Of ST ak Year,,
which has Just been completed.
A ball game was played at Kmball
last Saturday bet ween K,mball's third
nine and thesecond nine of White Lake,
together with boys picked from the
Plsnkipton club. The game was for SIG
b side and WAS won by the Kimbails-27
to ID.
President McLouth. of the Brookings
sg ricultural college, says hat Nj. v.
Miller did not have any college funds
with him when he went east. There are
still ugller reports coming in about the
departed official which will m~aterlalizs
10 a day or two.
The reports in regard to ii. v. Miller,
president of the board of trustees of the
agricultural college, which are going
the rounds OF the press. cause consider.
able comment at BrookinRs, as Mr.
Miller vas looked upon as a man faI
above such actions as are charged.
In the district court at Bismarck Il {
jury IN the case OF Henry Baker, charged
with poisoning Peter Olsen, returned t
verdict OF not guilty after being out
fifty hours. This was the second trial
OF Baker, the jury in the first having
disagreed. The evidence Was ell cir
cumstantial.
In the United Statet court at Bismarck
the jury in the case nt Sergeant Gun
tier, charged with mayhem, found tn.
defendant guilty. Gunther WAS q SER
geant at Fort Yates and in attempting
to place w. B K.ndle IN the guarc
house used unnecessary violence and
kicked his eye out.
A man named John Price, Of Lang.
ford county, cut his throat with
pocket-knife at Huron Tuesday after
noon. He came from the north apG
had e Thousand mile ticket on tn.
Northwestern road and $50 In money
He has two brothers in Lsngford and il
supposed to be insane. The cash ii
about two inches long and may prov,
fatal.
Mr.. Don @. Needhan, of the Horse.
shoe lake ranch, lost his celebrated mare
Sally Siasher. in the livery stable fire a
Mitchell on Saturday morning last
Sally was % years old, had a % record
end was valued for what she had been
She was MIR. Needham's single driver
and only two weeks since was driven to
heavy top buggy at the rate OF 800, Sh,
Was q fine bred Black Hawk Morgan.
An unsuccessful attempt was made t,
kill Supt. Greene, of the Missouri di
vision, Northern Pacific railway, q
Mandan Monday. A man named Kell,
had been working for the road as brake,
man and claimed seven ty cents NOR,
than had been paid. Hs pulled q Win,
chester, fred and just missed Greene
head. The bullet went through a win.
dow casing. K-lly wac arrested.
A shooting efeay occurred at Devil
Lake Monday. w. F. Robertson, o
Bottineau, accused 7. F. Wooes, latel,
of the same llaoe, OF being on iptimat,
terms with his sieter and requested hin
to marry her. Woods denied the aocu
sstion and refused. Robertson shot q
him. None of the bullets taking effect
he commenced b%elaboring him with th
butt of his revolver. Robertson wa
arrested. Woods is moi badly injured
w. l.. Smith tried to commit suioid
at Fargo Monday. He paid q ma,
twenty-five cents to hang him. The
went to the barn, found q p and whe,
about ready to commit the deed, his as
~sistant returned to the bar for a drin
and did not return. Smith then wen
to his room, secured o dose of morphin
and placed it in some whisky. Befor
he could drink it the proprietor OF til
hotel broke into his room and took
away.
Nebraska Republicans.